Prof. LEE Hiu Yen Klaudia (李曉恩)

Visiting address
CMC-M8078
Visiting address
CMC-M8078
Phone: +852 34425377

Author IDs

Willing to take PhD students: yes

Qualifications/Experiences

MA, PhD (Nottingham)

 

Biography

Klaudia Lee's main research interests are nineeteenth- and twentieth-century literature and culture, narrative theory, city narratives, spatiality, adaptation, appropriation and translation, comparative and world literature. She has a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy in English Literature from the University of Nottingham (UK), and a Journalism and Communication degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Prior to pursuing an academic career, she worked as a journalist, covering a variety of news and feature stories in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, an experience of which has contributed to her interest in the interface between literature and journalism. She is the author of Charles Dickens and China, 1895-1915: Cross-Cultural Encounters (Routledge, 2017), and Spatial Stories and Intersecting Geographies: Hong Kong, China, and Britain, 1890-1945 (Liverpool University Press, 2025). Other forthcoming publications include two co-edited volumes: the first one focuses on World Literature, Pedagogy and Practices, and the second one on Cities and Fantasy across cultures. She is a co-convenor of the Transnational Urban Narratives Network, and an Executive Council member of the Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies. 

http://www.cityu.edu.hk/stfprofile/hiuylee.htm 

Research Interests/Areas

Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century literature and culture, spatiality, city narratives, adaptation, appropriation and translation, comparative and world literature, music and literature

Teaching

  • Literary and Cultural Studies
  • Literature and the City
  • Critical Approaches to Literature 
  • World Literatures in English
  • The Art of Life Narrative 
  • British Literature and Culture
  • Modern and Contemporary Fiction
  • English on the Move

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